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Rifles Being Allowed in Onondaga County This Hunting Season

September 1, 2023 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Whitetail Deer hunting rifleAt the end of July, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law allowing big game hunters to use rifles in Onondaga County. The change will take effect this coming hunting season. Use of rifles for big game hunting remains restricted in Erie, Niagara, Monroe, Dutchess, Putnam, and Rockland Counties. Suffolk, Westchester, and portions of Albany and Monroe Counties remain bow only. [Read more…] about Rifles Being Allowed in Onondaga County This Hunting Season

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: DEC, hunting, Kathy Hochul, Onondaga County, whitetail deer, Wildlife

Exploring The Capital District Wildlife Management Area

August 29, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

A pond in the Capital District Wildlife Management Area (DEC Photo)The Capital District Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is located in the towns of Berlin and Stephentown in Rensselaer County, NY. Winter, spring, summer, or fall, if you are craving some Adirondack-like scenery, this 4,000-acre (soon to be 10,000-acre) parcel of woods is the place to go. While touring the many interior access roads (they are not plowed in winter), you may see deer, fisher, or even a moose. [Read more…] about Exploring The Capital District Wildlife Management Area

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Berlin NY, birding, Capital District Wildlife Management Area, Cross-Country Skiing, fishing, hiking, hunting, Photography, Rensselaer County, snowshoeing, Stephentown, trapping, Wildlife

Lead Research Hopes to Improve Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle Conservation Efforts

July 29, 2023 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

Golden Eagle (photo by Wikimedia user Rizkuwait)New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking hunters to participate in a multi-year study of non-lead ammunition impacts on the State’s eagle conservation efforts. DEC is partnering with the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Cornell University, U.S. Geological Survey, and Conservation Science Global on the study to determine the reduction in bald eagle and golden eagle deaths that can be achieved from increased use of non-lead ammunition for deer hunting. [Read more…] about Lead Research Hopes to Improve Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle Conservation Efforts

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Bald Eagles, birding, birds, DEC, Golden Eagles, hunting, pollution, raptors, Science, Wildlife

State Legislature Passes Bill Banning Wildlife Killing Contests

June 22, 2023 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

New York State CapitolOn June 21, 2023, the New York State Assembly passed legislation carried by Deborah Glick, Chair of the Committee on Environmental Conservation to ban wildlife killing contests in New York State. This bill was passed by the State Senate in early June, carried by Senator Timothy Kennedy. If the legislation is signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul as expected, New York State will become the ninth state to ban wildlife killing contests. [Read more…] about State Legislature Passes Bill Banning Wildlife Killing Contests

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation Tagged With: animal rights, coyotes, crows, Environmental History, fox, hunting, Kathy Hochul, politics, raccoons, squirrels, Wildlife, wolves, woodchucks

When Sullivan County Was A Sportsman’s Paradise

May 28, 2023 by John Conway 1 Comment

Callicoon Erie Railroad Train Station in Sullivan CountyLong before the Ontario and Western Railway touted the healing environment that was Sullivan County beginning in the 1880s, the Erie Railroad had been established along the county’s western edge. By 1850, the Erie had been completed through the county, and it was largely through its promotional efforts that the upper Delaware Valley began to receive notice as “a sportsmen’s paradise.”

By the 1870s, hundreds of people were traveling each weekend to dozens of resorts in the approximately 60-mile-long valley from the Delaware Water Gap to Narrowsburg. These people were drawn here by the river, lakes, and streams. They came to fish and to boat and to hunt. [Read more…] about When Sullivan County Was A Sportsman’s Paradise

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: boating, Catskills, Delaware River, Erie Railroad, fishing, hunting, railroads, Sullivan County

Record Broken for Oldest Bear Hunter

May 26, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Nelson AustinWhen New York State’s big game biologists began compiling the black bear hunting data from this past hunting season, they noticed something unique. Nothing about the black bears reported by hunters or checked by taxidermists seemed out of the ordinary, but there was an outlier in the distribution of the ages of successful hunters. [Read more…] about Record Broken for Oldest Bear Hunter

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: black bears, DEC, hunting, St Lawrence County, Wildlife

DEC Releases 2022 Deer Hunting Estimates

May 21, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

youth hunter with whitetail deer courtesy DECHunters in New York killed an estimated 231,961 deer during the 2022 hunting seasons, a 10-percent increase from last year, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced. [Read more…] about DEC Releases 2022 Deer Hunting Estimates

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation Tagged With: CWD, DEC, hunting, nature, whitetail deer, Wildlife

State Museum Showing Seized Elephant Ivory from Illegal Trade

May 19, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Seized Elephant Ivory going on display at the State Museum in May 2023Elephant ivory seized during a massive New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) led crackdown on the illegal ivory trade is now on display at the New York State Museum. The display is a reminder of the rampant and continued slaughter of the African elephant, rhinoceros, and other iconic endangered species that fuel the transnational illegal trade in wildlife. [Read more…] about State Museum Showing Seized Elephant Ivory from Illegal Trade

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Nature, New Exhibits, New York City Tagged With: Crime and Justice, DEC, endangered species, hunting, New York City, New York State Museum, Wildlife

Goose Bay Boat Launch Project Completed

May 14, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

DEC LogoConstruction of a flood resiliency project at Goose Bay Boat Launch in the town of Alexandria, Jefferson County has been completed. The project was awarded $455,000 in grant funding through the State’s Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative (REDI). The completed improvements will address fluctuating water levels along the St. Lawrence River, as well as promote boater safety. [Read more…] about Goose Bay Boat Launch Project Completed

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Alexandria, boating, DEC, fishing, hunting, Jefferson County, St. Lawrence River

A New Spring Turkey Hunting Season on Long Island

April 1, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Turkey by Gordon EllmersThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced the dates for the first-ever spring Long Island wild turkey hunting season. The opening of this new season is the result of wild turkey reintroduction efforts DEC initiated in the mid-1990s. [Read more…] about A New Spring Turkey Hunting Season on Long Island

Filed Under: Nature, New York City, Recreation Tagged With: DEC, hunting, Long Island, Turkeys

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